Can Facebook Informational Use Foster Adolescent Civic Engagement?

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 444-454

  Lenzi, Michela ^a   Vieno, Alessio ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a   Scacchi, Luca ^b   Perkins, Douglas D ^c   Zukauskiene, Rita ^d   Santinello, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Civic engagement; Facebook; Path analysis; Positive youth development; Social media networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84937761321     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-015-9723-1     Document Type: Article

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